marketable

adjective

mar·​ket·​able ˈmär-kə-tə-bəl How to pronounce marketable (audio)
1
a
: fit to be offered for sale in a market
food that is not marketable
b
: wanted by purchasers or employers : salable
marketable securities
marketable skills
2
: of or relating to buying or selling
marketability noun

Examples of marketable in a Sentence

an employee with highly marketable skills realized that the birdhouses he enjoyed making were marketable and began selling them at craft fairs
Recent Examples on the Web But, of course, that specialized machinery isn’t marketable. Amber Dasilva / Jalopnik, Quartz, 7 May 2024 Tarot is probably the most fitting and marketable title since the word is said quite often in the movie, but Horrorscope just has a Videodrome-type appeal to it. Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 May 2024 Rules of the road At a school where there's sometimes friction between industrial design students bound for the automobile industry and students with less immediately marketable goals, the contest served as something of an intersection. Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 21 Apr. 2024 The result is unprecedented attention for a league looking for its next marketable star. Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2024 On the balance sheet, the company recorded $568 billion in cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities and no long-term debt despite its recent acquisitions. Gurufocus, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024 Yet the production reflects how some artists are trying to navigate the changing landscape of both what is permissible and what is marketable in China. Claire Fu, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024 CMOs in the nonprofit space (and on the for-profit side) now work to build a marketable mission, capture a new generation of employees and supporters, and face the relentless pace of digital transformation. Simone Grapini Goodman, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024 While there are still many questions to be answered, and some investors are wary, most remain bullish on Ohtani and his future career and potential — as a ballplayer and marketable athlete. Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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“Marketable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marketable. Accessed 12 May. 2024.

Kids Definition

marketable

adjective
mar·​ket·​able ˈmär-kət-ə-bəl How to pronounce marketable (audio)
1
: fit to be offered for sale
food that has gone bad is not marketable
2
: wanted by purchasers or employers
marketable skills
marketability noun

Legal Definition

marketable

adjective
mar·​ket·​able ˈmär-kə-tə-bəl How to pronounce marketable (audio)
1
: fit to be offered for sale : being such as may be justly or lawfully sold or bought
marketable goods
2
: wanted by buyers
marketable securities
marketability noun

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